Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again: exclusive album stream

Earlier this year Michael Kiwanuka was declared the BBC's Sound of 2012, and his debut album certainly looks like it has the commercial appeal to build on the hype. As Alexis Petridis noted in today's Film&Music review, Home Again is the nearest thing to a racing certainty in these turbulent times for rock and pop. Petridis went on to praise the record for sounding "natural rather than forced or calculating" adding "there's something beguiling about its warm, live sound".

Do you agree? Have a listen to the album using the SoundCloud player above and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Hearing Jimi Hendrix convinced singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka that it was cool for a black kid to play guitar. Now the young Londoner with the mature voice has been picked for the BBC's 'Sound of 2012' award, writes Tom Lamont